Rodeheaver Auditorium
Rodeheaver Auditorium was completed shortly after the University's move to Greenville in 1947. Designed by Bob Jones Jr. to seat 3,000 people, Rodeheaver was constructed in the shape of a giant megaphone. Until the completion of the Amphitorium in 1973, Rodeheaver held all of the chapel services, artist series, and commencement activities. It is still used for bi-weekly vesper performances, Classic Players' performances, the annual opera and Living Gallery.
The building is famous for being one of the best-equipped collegiate stages still in existence in the Southeast. The mechanical equipment of the building includes two electrically controlled contour curtains, a revolving stage, and orchestra and stage lifts.
The organ in Rodeheaver Auditorium was designed and built by W. Zimmer & Sons of Charlotte, NC, in
1968 and contained 57 ranks. It was renovated and revoiced by Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders of Denver, NC, in
2004. Forty-three digital stops were added to the specification, and the organ now contains a multiple level
capture action. The console is constructed of quarter-sawn oak, and the interior is walnut. The instrument
is used for recitals and practice as well as for Vespers and concerts.
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